The Portland daily press., 1887-02-02
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

Mr.. Lowell's fye-page poem, Credidimus Jovem
Regnare, will undoubtedly be the first thing to
which readers Of the February Atlantic will turn.
The poem abounds in clever hits and will be read
with great interest. John Greenleaf Whittier al
so contributes poem entitled A Day, and VII
liam Winter, one named Perdita, so that the poe
try of this number is quite remarkable. The first
part of an unusually weltold and amusing story,
called The Lady from Maine, seems to Indicate
that the Atlantic has again been fortunate enough
10 hit upon hitherto unknown writer Of short
stories. The two strong serials, The Second Son,
by Mrs. Oliphant and Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and
Paul Patoff, by f. Marion Crawford, are contin-
ued, and Mr. Fiske has paper on The Federal
Convention. The Bluc-Jay Is m1nutely and bright
ly described by Olive Thorne Miller, and Glance
Backward by Susan Fenimore Cooper, contains
"reminiscences of her father and his work; while
William Chauncy Langdon tells about An Expert
enee on the Island Of Capri.
To Mr.. Geo. III. Boughton is given the place Of
honor in the Magazine of Art for February This
frontlspiece is an admirable reproduction of his
well known painting. The Councillors of Peter the
Headstrong. Mr.. Boughton's clever characteriz
alton has seldom been seen to greater advantage
than in this picture. The opening article de-
scrihes the picturesque scenery Round about
West Drayton, which is followed by one of the
most interesting papers in the series on The Re-
nance of Art. In this Leader Scott tells the pref
y
in the church of ST. James's at Bouges. Then
comes glimpse Of Artists life in London describ-
ing A Studio Smoke. which is good deal like one
of the social gatherings Of the Tile Club of New
York. fullpage engraving shows the interior
OF studio during smoke" and it looks jolly
place. Inc next paper which IS entitled kingly
the insanity of the late King of Bavaria. On the
very next page following Bettina Wirth's graphic
description OF these fairy palaces is page en-
craving from Alfred Kappes's Tattered and Tom,
representing an old negress in the act OF lighting
her her pipe Walter Cranes work as designer IS
ing some of his most Characteristic work in black
and white and In color. Claude Phillips contrib
utes paper on Gustave Mo eau's Illustrations of
La Fontaine's Fables.
new serial story by James Otis, the author of
Toby Tyler, is begun this month in 81. Nicholas
The author calls it Jenny's clearinghouse;
very quiet but very true story of New-York life
Hjalmar II. Boyesen opens the number with
stirring and seasonable tale of Icelandic adven-
ture, entitled Between Sea and Sky, capitally IL
lustrated by the frontispiece drawn by j. W.
Bolles. Efie's Realistic Novel is a very clever
sketch by Alice Wellington Rollins, in which,
while telling an amusing story Of little girl who
ages TO convey an excellent idea of the methods
and purposes of the modern school of fcton-writ-
ers: There is brilliantly Illustrated descriptive
article, Among the Gas-wells, by the author of
the interesting paper on Boring for Oil in the De-
eember cen Der number; and the Rey: Washington Glad
rising generation under the suggestive ttle II
were Boy
The second february number of Scribner's
Magazine opens with an article of general and
scholarly interest, entitled, The Likenesses of
Julius Caesar, by Mr. John c. Ropes, the well
known writer of military history, which is illus
trated with eighteen portraits, reproductions of
photographs from statues. ~. S. of Dale" begins
q hiOhlv 0rfOinal ID
Legatee, the first chapters of which are sufficient
to arouse great interest. Half Curse is a short
story by Octave Thanet the scene Of which is laid
in ST. Augustine during the war, and is marked
by all this authors power of description and char
acterlzation. The second instalment of ex- Minis
ter Washburne's "reminiscences of the Siege and
| Commune Of Paris is even more interesting than
| the first. An article which will arouse Unusual
interest and discussion is that of Prof. j. r. So
! ley OF the Navy, who writes on Our Naval Policy
In an extremely forcible and interesting manner.
Brander Matthews contributes particularly in
teresting article on M. Coquelin, the greatest of
French actors, which is especially noteworthy for
It's personal "reminiscences; and Thomas Sergeant
Perry closes the number with a short but strong,
! critical paper on Russian Novels.
The February New England Magazinescontains
| two articles of much interest to Maine people
Canoeing in the Kennebec County Lakes, and The
British Cake, a family experience in the invasion
OF thePenobscot river towns in the war of 1s1
| Other articles of interest are one on John Cotton
the Father of Boston, Illustrated; another on
| Northheid and the Evangelist Moody's Schools.
also Illustrated; an article on the Episcopal
| Church. by Rev. G. w. tShinn, ID. d.. and q
| piquant romance of a recent date connected with
| the French and Indian war.
| complete new novel by Miss NJ. @. McClel-
land, whose Oblivion placed her among the most
promising of the younger American authors, is
the leading attraction of Lppincott's Magazine
for February Another delightful piece of fiction
is Rothenburg Felicity, translation by Mrs. A.
l.. Wister latter the German of Paul Heyse. y
Robert Grant furnishes dialogue Two Ways of
Telling Story in which the representatives of
two different schools of art the idea and the real
nave an amusing quarrel, The literary autobiog-
raphy, which Is regular feature of Lippincott Is
t tSInlshed ., tnls month by John Burroughs under
ene uIle OF Mere Egotism. Charles e. L. Wingate
contriputes notable article entitled Our Actors
ana tnelr references. William E. Curtis con-
tripuIes bit OF personal gossip entitled Day
s WIN we 1 fieslaent giving vivid picture of the
| departments are as bright as ever, and good poe
| try Is furnished by A. w. r. and c. II. Crandall.
The numbers of The Living Age for January
22d and Goth contain The Aurora Borealis. Edin
bCrgh; Locksley Hall and the Jnbilee, by Mr..
Gladstone, Nineteenth Century, Emin Bey: Cor
don's Lieutenant Fortnightly; Lady Doff Gordon.
The Philosophers Window, and A Plea for an Old
Friend, Temple Bar; The Letters of Charles
| Lamb and Sunderland and Sacharissa. Macmil-
Ian; Conyicts in Parliament, Time; Incidents of
kent-Collection In Ireland Chambers; Irish Char
acterlstlcs, Spectator; South Italian Courtship,
| Saturday Review; The Carayanserai in Persia
| 81. Jamess; Foreign Ministers and Foreign Lam
| guages, London Times; with instalmeats of
Secret inheritance, and Major and Minor, and